Photoshop Tutorials

In this tutorial, we’ll manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by using simple techniques and tools such as the Brush tool and Warp command. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and try it with your own stock imagery.

Transform a cloudy country side into a fantastic terrifying storm scene like something right out of a movie (or a very stormy day! Some very creative use of filters and adjustments in the works here! Posted in November, but it slipped past us and deserves a look.

This tutorials shows how to make a constructivist styled propaganda poster, inspired by the Russian movement from years ago. A little brief on instruction, but good insight for making similar compositions.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to render a realistic CD using Photoshop. Along the way, you should learn how to create and effectively use Vector Masks to hide parts of designs without destroying layer data.

I’m not sure furious does this thing justice. Incredible design process, and wonderful advice amount up to make this tutorial something worth checking out. Wow, that still sounds very underdeserving of this magnificent piece. Just go check it out.

Learn how to create a very realistic scrap of notebook paper in Photoshop without the use of photographs. Outstanding technique, one that should prove quite useful with the recent trend of paper-based website layouts.

Illustrator Tutorials

This post is more of an overview of an entire process instead of a tutorial, but it’s contents are every bit as insightful. From sketching to photoshop touchups, this article demonstrates the creation of a work of art.

Learn to create how to create a vector collegiate notebook design, which consists of a realistic vector notebook and accessories. It’s also the perfect base for creating a cool website header theme! You’ll need advanced knowledge of Illustrator to get through this tutorial.

Web Tutorials

This post details the idea of using extras on demand which helps convey things to users in a more straightforward and intuitive way. Some folks don’t need everything on a page up front, so why serve it to them all at once?

This tutorial will describe the implementation of a WordPress plugin starting from scratch. The plugin will connect to an external OSCommerce database and display random products on your WordPress site. It also implements a configuration page for the WordPress admin panel.

Once you take the opportunity to spend some time with 960, you’ll be amazed at how much time can potentially be saved when developing your web applications. At the very least, take ten minutes to review the framework. You can always press the delete key…though I doubt you will!

A collection of 15 CSS tricks that make it all the more worth knowing. These clever tactics will bust you out of those frustrating cross-browser traps that seem to get the best of us from time to time.

A lot of forms can be boring and plain, don’t let yours blend in. This tutorial will show you how to spice them up with CSS classes and default values that change according to which form item is selected. All with just a splash of jQuery.

Freebies, Inspiration & Resources

Two free high-quality WordPress Magazine Themes. PSD Templates included. Oh, and they can be used without any restrictions, whatsoever. Could you honestly ask for much more? (That’s a rhetorical question)

We’re proud to be releasing our first free Icon Pack at Tutorial9, Bevel Lite! We’ll periodically release icon packs for designers to take full advantage of in personal and commercial projects. Grab this set, and get ready for many more from Tutorial9.

This WordPress plugin allows your website visitors to tweet about your site without ever leaving! Simply install, and your viewers will be presented with an interface allowing them to send a custom tweet out directly from your posts.

Some of the world’s most stunning visions of space are made possible with Photoshop. The ability to combine vibrant colors, photo manipulations and ethereal effects makes the software ideal for this kind of work. Here are 40 incredible visions of space from four extremely talented Photoshop artists.

This is a collection of baroque style (ornamental) design, this style originates from baroque styles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the word baroque can also simply mean that something is elaborate with many details.

Typography is a huge part of design and design is a huge part of type. You can’t just throw text on a page, it has to be laid out and organized in a clean way that adds to the information being presented. Here are 11 tips to help you convey information in print the right way.

ahhh! I have found the mecca of design tuts and freebies. I have been following @thelegget on twitter for about a week and just now got around to visiting your wonderful page.Great round ups… good stuff. Be ready for some RT’s from the @recholes. Dude